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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sure why not? Add to the delicious medley of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants, what could go wrong!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the counterfeit parmigiano is a serious issue, because you will get a cheese with a very low quality, with a milk that is not in a controlled supply chain from Emilia Romagna

The horror

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Truly existential

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I legit thought that was a bit ngl